Great Disasters and Horrors in the World's History

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Good Press, 29. nov. 2019 - 9679 strani
Published in 1890, this book examines the meteorological or geological conditions due to which various disasters have taken place. The writer investigates catastrophes like hurricanes, tornados, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, etc., from ancient times to the 1800s in different parts of the world. It is a perfect way to learn about the laws of nature.

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GREAT DISASTERS PREFACE GREAT DISASTERS CHAPTER I MYTHS OF THE WINDS CHAPTER II CONSTANT WINDS
PERIODIC WINDS
TORNADOES AND CYCLONES
THE LOUISVILLE TORNADO
INCIDENTS OF THE TORNADO
Charybdis While it has been designed to avoid merely scientific data
OTHER TORNADOES
AN ACCOUNT OF METHODS OF PREDICTION
HORRORS IN THE WORLDS HISTORY
THE FLOOD OF 1890
THE JOHNSTOWN FLOOD
INCIDENTS AT JOHNSTOWN
RELIEF MEASURES
THRILLING TALES OF HEROISM GREAT DESTRUCTION OF TOWNS CITIES HOMES
FAMINE AND PESTILENCE
THE VOLCANO

TROPICAL CYCLONES
inexorable law in nature and to a profounder reverence for the Author
PERILS OF THE
LIFESAVING MEASURES
GREAT SAMOAN HURRICANE
ELECTRIC STORMS
RAIN HAIL AND SNOW
FLOODS IN THE SOUTH
GREAT ERUPTIONS OF VESUVIUS
OTHER GREAT ERUPTIONS
EARTHQUAKES
EUROPEAN EARTHQUAKES
EARTHQUAKES IN THE UNITED STATES AND ENGLAND
of manifold character when there is seldom room for astonishment
EARTHQUAKES IN TROPICAL AMERICA
PREDICTION AND PREVENTION

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